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3 militants, woman killed in gunfighting in India-controlled Kashmir
English_Xinhua 2009-09-28 19:18:13 Print
SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Three militants and a civilian woman were killed and two paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in a gunfighting Monday in India-controlled Kashmir, police and paramilitary said.
The gunfighting broke out in Amlar-Tral village of Pulwama district, 37 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir.
"The encounter broke during the morning hours today after a search party comprising of paramilitary troopers and police launched a search operation to trace militants present in the area. The militants fired upon the party who was advancing towards their position and thus initiated a gun battle. The standoff lasted for several hours and culminated with the killing of three militants possibly belonging to Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT). In the gunfight two of our troopers were also injured," said CRPF spokesman, Prabhakar Triphati in Srinagar.
Meanwhile, the Superintendent of Police, Awantipora, Bashir Ahmad Khan said that during the exchange of fire a civilian woman were also killed.
"Besides three militants one civilian woman has also got killed in the exchange of fire. We are trying to ascertain under what circumstances was the woman killed," said Khan.
Police has also claimed recovery of three assault rifles and some ammunition from the slain militants.
The gun fighting between militants and Indian army troopers in India-controlled Kashmir takes place intermittently.
Police and defense officials maintain that most of the times the operations triggering gun fights are carried out on prior information about presence of militants in specific areas.
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Salut to those Kashmiri people who fight against Indian militant forces
Salut to those Balochi people who fight against Pakistani militant forces